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 124 STAT. 3371 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 (B) is undertaken in a manner that is sensitive to the desire of United States commercial providers to develop or explore space commercially; (C) is consistent with the need for Federal agencies to use space to complete their missions; and (D) is carried out in a manner consistent with United States export control laws. § 30702. Foreign contract limitation The Administration shall not enter into any agreement or contract with a foreign government that grants the foreign government the right to recover profit in the event that the agreement or contract is terminated. § 30703. Foreign launch vehicles (a) ACCORD WITH SPACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY.—The Adminis- tration shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle except in accordance with the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on December 21, 2004. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent the President from waiving the Space Transportation Policy. (b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Administration shall not launch a payload on a foreign launch vehicle unless the Administra- tion commenced the interagency coordination required by the Space Transportation Policy announced by the President on December 21, 2004, at least 90 days before entering into a development contract for the payload. (c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to any payload for which development has begun prior to December 30, 2005, including the James Webb Space Telescope. § 30704. Offshore performance of contracts for the procure- ment of goods and services The Administrator shall submit to Congress, not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a report on the contracts and subcontracts performed overseas and the amount of purchases directly or indirectly by the Administration from foreign entities in that fiscal year. The report shall separately indicate— (1) the contracts and subcontracts and their dollar values for which the Administrator determines that essential goods or services under the contract are available only from a source outside the United States; and (2) the items and their dollar values for which the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) was waived pursuant to obligations of the United States under international agree- ments. CHAPTER 309—AWARDS Sec. 30901. Congressional Space Medal of Honor. 30902. Charles ‘‘Pete’’ Conrad Astronomy Awards. § 30901. Congressional Space Medal of Honor (a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of appropriate design, which shall be known as the Congressional Space Medal of Honor,